Samplg Gay Men on JSTOR

Contents:

They were dichotomoly classified as eher homosexual (n = 935) or heterosexual (n = 4187). Handns is a bmarker of variatn anal sex role behavr and Relled Childhood Genr Nonnformy among gay men. This study primarily explored the anizatnal stcture wh terscholastic athletics to terme if the barriers that women faced achievg learship rol were the rult of homologo reproductn whereby those power sta their power by tablishg anizatns their own image (Knoppers 1987; Lovett and Lowry 1994; Stangl and Kane 1991) or another nstct such as sex-role theory or genr-based schematic procsg (Koivula 1995).

This study sought to reaffirm the prevailg notn that athletics remas the prerve of men and to terme if the anizatnal stctur of the past, those good old boys’ works, were still Theoretil PerspectivWhen nsirg how the current anizatnal stctur that tend to place women at a disadvantage regardg reer opportuni wh terscholastic athletics, their plight may be amed wh three theoretil nstcts—hegemonic masculy, role theory, and homologo reproductn.

Homologo ReproductnKanter (1977) not that as “women populate anizatns, they practilly never n them” (p.

Jt as men have mataed their ntrol of most bs anizatns by ensurg their replacements are clon of themselv (Kanter 1977), the proposn has been put forward that those who ntrol terscholastic athletics do so through the procs of homologo reproductn (Knoppers 1987; Lovett and Lowry 1994; Stangl and Kane 1991). By havg so few women learship rol sport, women have been treated differently than men which has led to occupatnal stereotypg sport anizatns such as terscholastic proposn put forward by Knoppers (1987) that the role of women sport above the level of athlete has been supprsed by homologo reproductn was tted terscholastic sports by both Stangl and Kane (1991) and Lovett and Lowry (1994).